Gday Marty, Im absolutly amazed at how fertile the ground is arround your place ,,it grows tractors ,dozers ,excavators ,hydro electrict washing machines ... Cant wait to see what pops out of the bushes next time . Much Respect from Across the Ditch
@@framfull Hello I think the word you were lookung for is "used"...Yet we still build worlds best Gears at David Browns, world class Turbos at Cummins and Centrifuges and produce fine mohair textiles...not quite dead yet. Oh yes and the Masters green jacket cloth is woven in ...guess what Huddersfield. Not too shabby for a small town. Used to build tractors but time moves on.
I don't know where you are located but I would dearly have loved to live your life. I'm 79 years old and have always had a fondness for farm equipment. The older the better. I would have loved to by your best friend and accompanied you on your outings to resurrect this beautiful old tractor and the others you've rescued. Thank God for folks like you. Please keep the videos coming. I am living vicariously through your escapades.
Ray, you might want to find a Threshing Show or other old tractor gathering. I'd bet there's someone who would be glad to have the company while they resurrect old iron. Good luck!
@@mmckenzie9367 There is an antique farm implement and machine show near us that has a semi-annual open house. We try to get to both of them each year. So many great old machines to watch operate. I love it.
I cannot believe what I have just seen. Most people including myself would have only gone to see if they could salvage some parts. Its a special person who has the skill and patience to diagnose and fix that tractor where it stood for so long. Marty I hope they can find somebody like you for the Mars colonisation.
I’m really surprised someone hadn’t already scavenged parts off of it. The vines and thorns did their job protecting and hiding it for all those years.
Regarding the small fuel tank, back in the day kerosene was much cheaper than petrol, so lots of tractors had two tanks. You started and warmed up on petrol from the small tank and then switched to kerosene. DB 25s were made from 1953 to about 1958, petrol and diesel.
Agree, my old Fergy TEA20 had a smaller section of the fuel tank for petrol start up and a larger section for kero after warm up, As you said kero was cheaper than petrol during WW2
Ah, blackberries. The berries are wonderful, but the canes are the devil's curse for sure. It's amazing the clutch wasn't stuck. Nice rescue of old iron!
They are an invasive species here in Washington State. Like a zombie plant that can't be destroyed and will take over everything if not contained. Easily pierce through leather gloves when trying to clear them.
There was a surveyor or explorer in Australia back in the 1800's who thought Blackberries would make a great survival food for people lost in the bush & planted canes & spread seed everywhere He went.
I like these stories from you the most. While you got a bit lucky with this one, you located it, cleared it away, got it running and drove it out. No fancy equipment, no fancy tools just a great fix and you got it home. You have amassed such a great collection of machines doing this over and over. Hope to see you rescue more in the future! Thank you for this channel! Big thumbs up!
What a nice little jewel you recovered. It's amazing that you were able to dig this beauty out of a near-swamp and get it to drive itself out of that mire. Unbelievable that you actually resurrected this from it's grave.
Am a long retired mechanic but still have a place in my heart for things with tires and engines that are long lost and dead. Like many of you, when he “brought it back to life” I smiled ear to ear. Almost as good as saving a dead kitten or puppy and bring it back to life, almost, almost.
It's a great feeling all the same. reviving an old car or machinery then litterally driving it out of it's intended grave is so satisfying.. If you love this as much as I do, and havent already, go check out "Vice Grip garage". That guy is AMAZING. He habitually travels upwards of 650 miles to a car or truck that has been parked, broken down for 15-30 years, gets the things running....then drives them the 600+ miles back home.. With a gopro in the vehicle time lapse to prove it. We're talking seized engines here... He litterally un-seizes them and drives them home. And other cool stuff too. While I'm recommending car channels there's also "Uncle tonys garage". He's a MOPAR guy. And there's "Junkyard digs". He's a younger fellow but he loves saving old cars from the grave.
@@adamchmielewski6162 okay cool. But did you notice that my comment wasn't addressed to you specifically? As in, idgaf about your opinions or anyone else's in the Adderall generation. And could care less if u read or not.
This was MORE than "another successful extraction" friend. This gave me hope. Not just watching you find this beauty in the brambles, but watching and listening to your patience, commitment, steadfastness, your satisfaction, your appreciation for a something well-made, its beauty in coming alive. Rust schmust...you did it. Thank you.
I love this! Save the old iron!!! I got my tractor at an old nursery and it got put aside simply because she was old and they upgraded. She sat for near 30 years and became incorporated into a junk pile. I came in and got her started and rolled her out of $1000 and a chainsaw. I drove the old girl onto the trailer while standing bent over the hood while shooting ether into the air intake. She is near 9k lbs with the loaded tires, wheel weights and the loader. Was a little hairy without brakes too. Got her home and spent the next year getting her going again. No major parts involved, just a carb, new ignition components, and a radiator, new fluids... She has a burnt valve and that's probably why they parked her, but I've been using her for 20 years just the way I found her. Sure I need to tinker now and then to keep her going, but no major work, just elbow grease and willingness to keep the old girl going. Keep up the great work.
@@wanderingman8921 she is a 1967 International Harvester 2444. It is the industrial model of the 444 but still has a PTO and 3 point. Not too many around these days as it one of the few non sleeved engines IH ever used, so most of them have reached the end of their serviceable lives at this point. And back when they were aging out, it wasn't seen as real value putting that much energy into an old piece of equipment, the way it is today in the world of Chinese junk. So she became relatively rare because most simply did not care.
I want to go visit New Zealand now just to be able to meet Marty and shake his hand. One of the few channels I subscribe to where I get excited when I see a new video posted. Congratulations Marty from here in Nashville Tennessee 👍, good job as always
I want to go just so I can find a tractor . You don't find them in the US if you do you ain't allowed to touch them . still somebody's price possession
Awesome job man. The amount of effort it would have taken to accomplish this salvage without filming is crazy, so the fact that you took the time and effort to bring us along for the experience is just amazing. I really appreciate these kinds of videos and getting to live vicariously through your cameras lens! Thanks for the video.
Land owner: Yeh mate theres an old red tractor in the blackberries, its TOTALLY rooted, grab any parts you want, it will never run. Marty, Ill just grab the ONE piece, thanks!!!!
My Grampa used to do this to me. In the 80's when I was in my early teens. he would find vehicles like this and then make a deal, if I could get it to run I could keep it or do anything I wanted. Tractors, motorbikes,bugs, anything he would drop me off and wait. I'm the mechanic I am today because of that, and I shed a tear when that beautiful baby came to life,....fine job sir.
So, I'm just gonna throw a couple-o-tools in the back of me truck and go get a tractor that's been swallowed by the jungle. I should be back by noon ... This guy is my hero.
A legend for sure but it was done over couple day probably as he started in one vehicle and returned with another. Great use of the drone. Save a few scratches
Love it! "Blackberries and ooh! Wasps too!". In Australia you'd have been dead within 3 metres. :D Really enjoy your stuff, I need to get down to NZ one day, when it's possible.
Don't know how I missed this one, such joy finding an unwatched Marty T video! So, you traipsed out to the far rear of yonder by yourself, waded through a sea of blackberry bushes, mentioned wasps- nope, nope, nope- and set to fixing a long abandoned machine. Running your finger over a rusted, deteriorating rim with a fully inflated tire probably isn't TOO dangerous... this is almost a half an hour of you doing you and I have to reiterate how happy I am to have this to watch while I eat my dinner. I can almost feel the old girl quivering with excitement at having a chance at a life beyond the meadow. Fantastic. That little jump when she went into gear, and then her first movement out to the truck made me think of shelter dogs who are going to their forever home. Thanks for another rescue, and you're right, better she spends her final days in your hands, doing the things she was built to do.
That was terrific to watch. In Marty's next episode - "I hear there's a ship called 'Titanic' that was abandoned in the North Atlantic 100 years ago. Let's see if we can find it. I reckon if I clean the points and change the oil, I can sail it out of there." :)
Something so incredibly wholesome and fascinating about watching old abandoned machines being given a new lease at life by such a practically skilled person.
Anyone who’s ever worked with blackberries will agree that this was a mammoth effort! Working in there plus filming too would have sucked! Well done Marty!
Marty, the Queensland Museum has the only WW1 German tank in existence. Has been a museum piece for 100 plus years. Would you like to try getting it started for us.
Marty T. The neglected machinery whisperer. Seem you have an affinity for David Brown tractors, new oil and filters all around.Carb rebuild and new plugs with cap and wires she'll be right. Floated in on top of the black berry brambles, drove it out under it's own power... Leads to a very satisfied feeling, I'm sure. Looking forward to seeing you put this one back to work as well...
That old tractor was glad to see you show up Marty, it knew it was a goner if nobody showed up soon. The swamp was about to claim her. She even puffed out a little smoke to help you with those pesky mosquitos. For some reason or the other, I really like that old tractor. Thanks for taking the time to take us along on your adventure!
That look on your face when the old girl fired up was priceless. Absolute mechanical genius getting the old girl running well done! All the best Andy - West Sussex England.
Marty, "Honey, I promise, I was on my way home and it started to follow me all on its own. I tried to shoo it away, but it followed me anyways. Can I keep it?" =P
Wow, you would never had been able to find that one without your drone! 😄 And when I saw that they had been smart enough to cover it with a tarp, I was like "Oh yeah, Marty's gonna ride that tractor out of there for sure!" and you did! 👷Great rescue Marty. 👍👍👍
Marty, love your videos, especially the ones like this where you rescue machinery from way up in the woods, especially machinery that others had abandoned for one reason or another. You are a real Boy Scout because you always seem to be prepared. Point in question was when you needed a points file you had it. But great job. I will continue enjoying your amazing videos.
I enjoyed this video. I grew up on a farm. I used to ride on tractors all the time with my dad. I lost him awhile back. I miss him more than words can say. The sound of the tractor starting up was a welcome reminder of him. Thank very much.
What a great video...I can't wait to see your video's on fixing this up new again. I went through my woods once and found a garbage can. Didn't fix it or anything. Must have been 50 years old....Keep this tracker alive by making it new again....
TH-cam randomly recommended me that video. I watched maybe 6 of those restorations just to realize this is Rambro's youtube channel. A relic of youtube from the time the word meme wasn't even a thing. Nice to see this channel is still alive and well. RIP Rambro, we will never forge you :')
Jeremy Clarkson wrote a book on machinery "that has soul" and I'll be god-damned if I didn't see a weary smile on the face of that tractor as it climbed out of that gully It certainly knew it had been rescued. Well done again sir! (polite golf clap)
Woah I'm gonna have to read this. I've made similar observations myself working with old or used computers. They're machines too and I swear they have personality, just not as much personality and soul as such a wonder like this tractor.
It's always going to interesting when you have to take a brush hook. Look at the positives, if that was in Australia you'd have met twenty great big & deadly tiger snakes in there.
@@JackHudler That would just create mutant Tiger snakes bigger & fiercer than the standard version... with two heads. There's only a few things that are good for Tiger snakes, a well aimed blast from a 12 gauge shotgun with 7 shot, a sharp long handled shovel, big ol' Landcruiser wheels.
Good for saving this old tractor. With a little more work you'll have it running like new again. I recently got an old Allis-Chalmers wide front WD out of the woods. I had to cut down 3 trees that had grown up through it. I, like you got it running again in place, drove it out of the woods and hauled it home. It's now running and driving as it did years ago.
the way your face lit up when she kicked over... gotta be such a rewarding feeling on a side note I just want to say, I got 2 feet of snow today lol... wish I could be playing around in the woods even WITH the sticker bushes!
My dad inherited a 1941 farmall tractor from his dad in 1963. He had it until he was 90 years old and passed on to his brother who is now 76.. The toughest little tractor on the planet. Still starts still plowing gardens and pulling trees and everything else it did 55 years ago when i was a child and before. Thank you for taking me on a trip down memory lane!
That is a beautiful old machine. I am so thankful for efficient skilled visionaries preserving this precious small scale low tech infrastructure for the small operator.
Congratulations on your find, it's un believable how some people sometimes don't appreciate what they have. More power to you, I'm always attracted to vintage things, I'm confident you will turn your tractor into a great looking machine. Gracias for all the time in this video.
i recently bought a "vintage" massey 135 with a front end loader on it for my small 4 acre homestead. i was debating about getting a newer, smaller garden tractor.. i'm glad i went with the older, bigger 1968 tractor. it's just very satisfying to use around the property. if you've driven an old machine like this, you know what i'm talking about.
Well done Marty . those were built to last (unlike many machines of today all electronic and needs a computer to run ) . What amazed me was how after sitting there for god knows how long you actually drove it out from the green grave it was headed for . Not sure if the PTO on that model is 2 speed . I know the "DB Cropmaster " has . Just a clean of that hydraulic filter and fresh oil and it will be good as new . Awesome video and i enjoyed watching ! Loved the sounds of native birds recorded with this video .
I have been a nurse for over 30 years and by the grace of God saved a few lives. Truth be told , I have not always felt right about many of them as their state was a future of medical interventions. Now , saving a tractor ? I have felt pure joy in every single one of them ! I just purchased a $500 1966 David Brown 770 from a couple at church. Their grandfather passed away years ago. It was sitting in his field for 5 years. The old junker fired up after a few electric wires we twisted and fuel poured everywhere along with two batteries. The hydraulics don't work, the rear wheel wobbles, the other rim is rotted at the valve stem, every oil and filter needs a change. I was thinking of scrapping it. Then I started watching videos like yours and realized I am not the only guy out there that spends $5000 in the value of my time and another $1500 in parts and supplies to restore a $1500 tractor when it's all said and done. Are we fools ? Why do we do this ? I have done this at least 20 times ! Why I ask , Seriously why ???
Just been involved in a similar job. Helped a mate haul his Grandad’s Fordson from where it had been left in his woods. Poor old guy has dementia but in a lucid moment he told us about the tractor. It’s been there nearly fifty year in a UK woodland in Wales. It was like an Indiana Jones film finding it. Took down trees and had to use tirfors to pull it clear then towed it to the barn. After a week of evenings cleaning & draining etc we towed it around the yard and it fired. Doesn’t drive yet but we can start & run the engine. His Grandad’s face was a picture seeing the old tractor fire up and idle. He can’t remember yesterday but he was giving us top-tips about sorting the tractor! Maybe we’re repairing two old machines?
The Mustie 1 “Down Under” (no disrespect intended Marty! 😊But you are “down under” from Georgia, U.S.A. Love your homemade power plants. Recycling at its finest!
Your videos are excellent. As someone that isn't machinery savy it amazes me how you can fix all that stuff, on everything. How did you get all that knowledge? Was it growing up that way, your profession, a hobby you developed? Anyway, cheers from accross the pond.
I remember David Brown Tractors in Omstown, Quebec Canada. My family use to have a dairy Farm there. That find in the bush is a great find. Good on you Sir,.
Marty you're a legend for how you got to the tractor, you're a legend for the troubleshooting and video work, and you're a dead set legend for driving it out of there! Massive hat-tips to you from this admiring Aussie.
Lovely work again. The thing about this one is the quality of the paint-work on it even after so long in the open. Likewise with the external steel forgings. It must be fairly dry in that place you found it. Great work tracing the sources of spark loss, especially running the distributor with the top off. The hand of experience indeed.
I've got a massive amount of respect for all these salvaging vehicle channels from VGG to semi restoration channel (cant remember the name) and so many others I'm really glad that some of my generation and some younger in their 20s are bringing these old beast back to life and I thank you for that mad props man.
New Zealand has no corn juice ethanol fuel. Hot rodders and racers can get methanol fuel...and aircraft 100LL.... So all our carbs are perfectly preserved if no water has been able to trickle down into them....
Well done again. Such a simple fix and recovery yay. My dad had one of these, which I sold after both parents passed. We'd put new tires all round and it was in pretty good order. I never liked the clutch as it was pretty grabby. The guy from Queenstown who bought it was rapt ($2500).
I've really enjoyed these videos as I can get anything running or diagnosed in a few minutes much like yourself. I picked a stihl ts350 petrol disc cutter from a scrap bin last Friday, its now running lovely and in my shed awaiting future use. Nothing really wrong with it either except the clutch springs were a bit weak. Its amazing what people throw away.
I smiled when she started and literally shed a tear when she moved out of that death hole. I know it's silly but I couldn't help but think she was saying " Glad that part's over, let go do some work".
It takes a certain appreciation for this kind of machinery to shed tears over them. It isn't silly. I was so happy when she started and overjoyed when she moved under her own power. I haven't always been fond of machines, but after taking on a restoration of an old push-reel lawnmower (which too was covered in brush and rusted shut so nothing could move). Initially I thought the mower might be from the 60's, but by now it looks like it's from the 1930's so getting that renovated back up and running is gonna be absolutely bliss. I'm also recording the entire process because I want to share the beautiful journey of it. Rescued it from a metal waste bin as a challenge to myself
WOW! I don't know if I could have gotten that running had it been sitting in my shop! Give me a whole new motivation to try such things under difficult circumstances! Nice job!
A family friend had a David Brown 880, and he was working away in the field, working it pretty hard. He was refuelling it and spilled some diesel down the side of it and over the exhaust manifold. He also had a durry in his gob, and as soon as the vapour hit the dart, it ignited and burned most of his moustache off, his eyebrows and his ginger fringe. He had what looked like a bad sunburn in the shape of a V starting where the durry was
I bet the reason it quit all those years ago was because it lost spark and this is where it sat ever since because the owner was to dumb to figure it out. The way that tractor pulled itself up out of that hole, it seemed like it was saying, "Get me the hell out of here!" I think that lonely tractor just wanted to get out of their.
Your face when the engine started. Never ceases to put a smile on my face too.
The look of "I don't have to walk back to the truck now"
@@joshua89schultz I reckon, especially through all them blackberries
When the engine started I smiled at the same time as him. Gotta love hearing that engine go after working on it. Such a good feeling.
That smile was a classic, YES!!!! Nailed it.
I think its a guything lads..got that smile when i hook a big one. Love it
Gday Marty,
Im absolutly amazed at how fertile the ground is arround your place ,,it grows tractors ,dozers
,excavators ,hydro electrict washing machines ...
Cant wait to see what pops out of the bushes next time .
Much Respect
from
Across the Ditch
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Craig
Yes! Wtf is this place
Don't forget the boats
its the fertizer he uses or is it the seed he uses LOL
...abandoned Tractors with compressed air on tyre..after twenty years...🥳
Im from Huddersfield, home of David Browns gears and tractors......we built things to last...what a joy to see her burst into life....eager too.
use to build things
@@framfull Hello I think the word you were lookung for is "used"...Yet we still build worlds best Gears at David Browns, world class Turbos at Cummins and Centrifuges and produce fine mohair textiles...not quite dead yet. Oh yes and the Masters green jacket cloth is woven in ...guess what Huddersfield. Not too shabby for a small town. Used to build tractors but time moves on.
need to rebuild that football team....
@@gregj7916 Not going to argue with you on that one.....like watching paint dry.
Not far away from u , grew up with them , love em .
I don't know where you are located but I would dearly have loved to live your life. I'm 79 years old and have always had a fondness for farm equipment. The older the better. I would have loved to by your best friend and accompanied you on your outings to resurrect this beautiful old tractor and the others you've rescued. Thank God for folks like you. Please keep the videos coming. I am living vicariously through your escapades.
Ray, you might want to find a Threshing Show or other old tractor gathering. I'd bet there's someone who would be glad to have the company while they resurrect old iron. Good luck!
@@mmckenzie9367 There is an antique farm implement and machine show near us that has a semi-annual open house. We try to get to both of them each year. So many great old machines to watch operate. I love it.
I cannot believe what I have just seen. Most people including myself would have only gone to see if they could salvage some parts. Its a special person who has the skill and patience to diagnose and fix that tractor where it stood for so long. Marty I hope they can find somebody like you for the Mars colonisation.
would u fix old clunkers u found on Mars Marty? :)(that alien junk might be tricky)
Good thing they put the tarp on it
They can’t have him unless he promises to send TH-cam videos
Marty is a one off person for sure . Unique in his own way . . Excellent .
I’m really surprised someone hadn’t already scavenged parts off of it. The vines and thorns did their job protecting and hiding it for all those years.
"Might as well be rusting at my place" has gotten me in trouble many times over the years lol.
Know exactly what you mean... too well... 🤣
Zackley
it's not trouble...it's adventure.
The bane of my existance, haha!
yep. Me too!
Regarding the small fuel tank, back in the day kerosene was much cheaper than petrol, so lots of tractors had two tanks. You started and warmed up on petrol from the small tank and then switched to kerosene. DB 25s were made from 1953 to about 1958, petrol and diesel.
Yes but the main tank was split into two no side tank
That small tank was a Briggs and Stratton lawnmower one complete with mounting bracket...
Good info Nigel.
TVO Tractor Vapourising Oil rather than Kerosene.
Agree, my old Fergy TEA20 had a smaller section of the fuel tank for petrol start up and a larger section for kero after warm up, As you said kero was cheaper than petrol during WW2
Amazing! Not just the fact that you found and recovered the tractor, but the filming and editing are excellent. Well done! 👍🏻
I got excited when this popped up on my phone ! Amazing that you were able to drive it right out of the bush. Thanks for sharing Marty !
At 1st I thought it was the video of the first David Brown popping into my feed. Nope! Tractor porn, the sequel
Ah, blackberries. The berries are wonderful, but the canes are the devil's curse for sure. It's amazing the clutch wasn't stuck. Nice rescue of old iron!
I was surprised at that too. A wee bit grabby at first.. but man.. amazing.
They are an invasive species here in Washington State. Like a zombie plant that can't be destroyed and will take over everything if not contained. Easily pierce through leather gloves when trying to clear them.
There was a surveyor or explorer in Australia back in the 1800's who thought Blackberries would make a great survival food for people lost in the bush & planted canes & spread seed everywhere He went.
@@ThomasGillot I'm originally from the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington. Battled blackberries my whole life LOL!
Brambles are bastards, they always seem to get the last laugh
I like these stories from you the most. While you got a bit lucky with this one, you located it, cleared it away, got it running and drove it out. No fancy equipment, no fancy tools just a great fix and you got it home. You have amassed such a great collection of machines doing this over and over. Hope to see you rescue more in the future! Thank you for this channel! Big thumbs up!
What a nice little jewel you recovered. It's amazing that you were able to dig this beauty out of a near-swamp and get it to drive itself out of that mire. Unbelievable that you actually resurrected this from it's grave.
Am a long retired mechanic but still have a place in my heart for things with tires and engines that are long lost and dead. Like many of you, when he “brought it back to life” I smiled ear to ear. Almost as good as saving a dead kitten or puppy and bring it back to life, almost, almost.
It's a great feeling all the same. reviving an old car or machinery then litterally driving it out of it's intended grave is so satisfying.. If you love this as much as I do, and havent already, go check out "Vice Grip garage". That guy is AMAZING.
He habitually travels upwards of 650 miles to a car or truck that has been parked, broken down for 15-30 years, gets the things running....then drives them the 600+ miles back home.. With a gopro in the vehicle time lapse to prove it. We're talking seized engines here... He litterally un-seizes them and drives them home. And other cool stuff too.
While I'm recommending car channels there's also "Uncle tonys garage". He's a MOPAR guy. And there's "Junkyard digs". He's a younger fellow but he loves saving old cars from the grave.
@@lilmike2710 too much reading.
@@adamchmielewski6162 okay cool.
But did you notice that my comment wasn't addressed to you specifically? As in, idgaf about your opinions or anyone else's in the Adderall generation.
And could care less if u read or not.
Amazing
@@lilmike2710 u uh huh GH no k!?
A rare jungle find. Can’t wait to see you bring this back to glory in your yard. Will be a nice project for sure.
Maybe there's an old warbird stuffed around there somewhere. That'd be a find, for sure! :-)
This was MORE than "another successful extraction" friend. This gave me hope. Not just watching you find this beauty in the brambles, but watching and listening to your patience, commitment, steadfastness, your satisfaction, your appreciation for a something well-made, its beauty in coming alive. Rust schmust...you did it. Thank you.
I love this! Save the old iron!!! I got my tractor at an old nursery and it got put aside simply because she was old and they upgraded. She sat for near 30 years and became incorporated into a junk pile. I came in and got her started and rolled her out of $1000 and a chainsaw. I drove the old girl onto the trailer while standing bent over the hood while shooting ether into the air intake. She is near 9k lbs with the loaded tires, wheel weights and the loader. Was a little hairy without brakes too. Got her home and spent the next year getting her going again. No major parts involved, just a carb, new ignition components, and a radiator, new fluids... She has a burnt valve and that's probably why they parked her, but I've been using her for 20 years just the way I found her. Sure I need to tinker now and then to keep her going, but no major work, just elbow grease and willingness to keep the old girl going. Keep up the great work.
What was the make and model?
@@wanderingman8921 she is a 1967 International Harvester 2444. It is the industrial model of the 444 but still has a PTO and 3 point. Not too many around these days as it one of the few non sleeved engines IH ever used, so most of them have reached the end of their serviceable lives at this point. And back when they were aging out, it wasn't seen as real value putting that much energy into an old piece of equipment, the way it is today in the world of Chinese junk. So she became relatively rare because most simply did not care.
I want to go visit New Zealand now just to be able to meet Marty and shake his hand. One of the few channels I subscribe to where I get excited when I see a new video posted. Congratulations Marty from here in Nashville Tennessee 👍, good job as always
Shake his hand? I would like to go and assist him in saving another old vehicle! I lack his expertise, but I could follow his instructions.
I want to go just so I can find a tractor . You don't find them in the US if you do you ain't allowed to touch them . still somebody's price possession
Awesome job man. The amount of effort it would have taken to accomplish this salvage without filming is crazy, so the fact that you took the time and effort to bring us along for the experience is just amazing. I really appreciate these kinds of videos and getting to live vicariously through your cameras lens! Thanks for the video.
You're right... I have another channel where I film engine stuff and it more than doubles the time it would take.. if not more. Good of him to do it
Land owner: Yeh mate theres an old red tractor in the blackberries, its TOTALLY rooted, grab any parts you want, it will never run.
Marty, Ill just grab the ONE piece, thanks!!!!
More amazed at ability to locate it. lol
I’m more impressed with the fact it even started after just a few adjustments, new oil, gas and that’s it after 20+ years of sitting there abandoned
My Grampa used to do this to me. In the 80's when I was in my early teens. he would find vehicles like this and then make a deal, if I could get it to run I could keep it or do anything I wanted. Tractors, motorbikes,bugs, anything he would drop me off and wait. I'm the mechanic I am today because of that, and I shed a tear when that beautiful baby came to life,....fine job sir.
Sounds like fun.
@@2Ryled It was so much fun, he's 97 now and remembers almost all of the times he dropped me off and then saw me drive those home.
Bloody amazing 🤩!!!
So, I'm just gonna throw a couple-o-tools in the back of me truck and go get a tractor that's been swallowed by the jungle. I should be back by noon ...
This guy is my hero.
A legend for sure but it was done over couple day probably as he started in one vehicle and returned with another. Great use of the drone. Save a few scratches
Mine too!
hey Killroy! didnt think id see you here
@@pattonm4753 I was, indeed, here! :)
@@jayzenitram9621 LOL
Rescuing New Zealand's tractors, one at a time. Good on ya, mate!
Are David Browns just in the NZ and Australia? I live in the US and until I started watching Marty I had never heard of them
Love it! "Blackberries and ooh! Wasps too!". In Australia you'd have been dead within 3 metres. :D Really enjoy your stuff, I need to get down to NZ one day, when it's possible.
First thing that come to my mind was tiger snakes,second thing was look for a cash crop haha
Don't know how I missed this one, such joy finding an unwatched Marty T video! So, you traipsed out to the far rear of yonder by yourself, waded through a sea of blackberry bushes, mentioned wasps- nope, nope, nope- and set to fixing a long abandoned machine. Running your finger over a rusted, deteriorating rim with a fully inflated tire probably isn't TOO dangerous... this is almost a half an hour of you doing you and I have to reiterate how happy I am to have this to watch while I eat my dinner. I can almost feel the old girl quivering with excitement at having a chance at a life beyond the meadow. Fantastic. That little jump when she went into gear, and then her first movement out to the truck made me think of shelter dogs who are going to their forever home. Thanks for another rescue, and you're right, better she spends her final days in your hands, doing the things she was built to do.
That was terrific to watch.
In Marty's next episode - "I hear there's a ship called 'Titanic' that was abandoned in the North Atlantic 100 years ago. Let's see if we can find it. I reckon if I clean the points and change the oil, I can sail it out of there." :)
Marvellous didn't have to inflate the tires.
@@barrycartwright8351 Maybe hard tires?
@@shonuff5297 Or cut out of the video.
Not even Marty can sail a steam ship.
Just bring a bag of coal in the back of the pickup!
Something so incredibly wholesome and fascinating about watching old abandoned machines being given a new lease at life by such a practically skilled person.
Anyone who’s ever worked with blackberries will agree that this was a mammoth effort! Working in there plus filming too would have sucked! Well done Marty!
Marty, the Queensland Museum has the only WW1 German tank in existence. Has been a museum piece for 100 plus years. Would you like to try getting it started for us.
Marty T. The neglected machinery whisperer. Seem you have an affinity for David Brown tractors, new oil and filters all around.Carb rebuild and new plugs with cap and wires she'll be right. Floated in on top of the black berry brambles, drove it out under it's own power... Leads to a very satisfied feeling, I'm sure. Looking forward to seeing you put this one back to work as well...
That old tractor was glad to see you show up Marty, it knew it was a goner if nobody showed up soon. The swamp was about to claim her. She even puffed out a little smoke to help you with those pesky mosquitos. For some reason or the other, I really like that old tractor. Thanks for taking the time to take us along on your adventure!
That look on your face when the old girl fired up was priceless. Absolute mechanical genius getting the old girl running well done! All the best Andy - West Sussex England.
Great to see people getting these old tractors running. I wish more people would save them. God bless
Marty: You'll never guess what I'm bringing home
Wife: it's another tractor isn't it
Just in time for valentines day.
@@ike8236 im laughing a lung out !!!!
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Wife : Is that another tractor ?
Marty: Where?
Marty: Nooo....that tractor has been here for years!
"might as well be rusting at my place" Marty you break me up.
Marty, "Honey, I promise, I was on my way home and it started to follow me all on its own. I tried to shoo it away, but it followed me anyways. Can I keep it?" =P
😂😂😂😂😂
Gee, I thought Texas might be the only place that had such thorns. Good Job again getting DB going!
Looks like tractors are back on the menu boys!
Wow, you would never had been able to find that one without your drone! 😄 And when I saw that they had been smart enough to cover it with a tarp, I was like "Oh yeah, Marty's gonna ride that tractor out of there for sure!" and you did! 👷Great rescue Marty. 👍👍👍
This was one of my favorite extractions you've done. Looking forward to the 50yr overdue maintenance videos.
Marty, love your videos, especially the ones like this where you rescue machinery from way up in the woods, especially machinery that others had abandoned for one reason or another. You are a real Boy Scout because you always seem to be prepared. Point in question was when you needed a points file you had it. But great job. I will continue enjoying your amazing videos.
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Marty, you should have loaded up that Field and Brush mower to blaze your path out to the tractor. haha.
I was thinking the same thing!
As a Kiwi resident in the US for 42 years, the highlight was hearing the TUI in the bush. Great video. Thanks.
As an ex NZ backpacker I strongly agree!
@17:04 This is the part where I would normally catch my socket set with my boot and spend the rest of the day searching for my sockets.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 that's how my day would go lol
I enjoyed this video. I grew up on a farm. I used to ride on tractors all the time with my dad. I lost him awhile back. I miss him more than words can say. The sound of the tractor starting up was a welcome reminder of him. Thank very much.
Me: Watching something else and Marty T notification comes through.....clicks over to watch straight away.
What a great video...I can't wait to see your video's on fixing this up new again. I went through my woods once and found a garbage can. Didn't fix it or anything. Must have been 50 years old....Keep this tracker alive by making it new again....
Nice find!! My wife told me "Get rid of some of your tractors or I'm leaving!" I miss her now and then.
She wasn't the right one in the first place if she didn't like your collection
Time for a new room mate..👋🖐👋🖐👏👏.
TH-cam randomly recommended me that video. I watched maybe 6 of those restorations just to realize this is Rambro's youtube channel. A relic of youtube from the time the word meme wasn't even a thing. Nice to see this channel is still alive and well. RIP Rambro, we will never forge you :')
Different channel, same guy holding the camera 😉
Could have done with your brush mower at the start lol
You beat me to it. 👍🏼
Thought the same thing, would have come in handy and made a nice path out there.
@@justinrobertson1590 thinking the same thing
This might've been what inspired him to get the brush mower.
or perhaps a machete
Jeremy Clarkson wrote a book on machinery "that has soul" and I'll be god-damned if I didn't see a weary smile on the face of that tractor as it climbed out of that gully It certainly knew it had been rescued. Well done again sir! (polite golf clap)
Woah I'm gonna have to read this. I've made similar observations myself working with old or used computers. They're machines too and I swear they have personality, just not as much personality and soul as such a wonder like this tractor.
It's always going to interesting when you have to take a brush hook. Look at the positives, if that was in Australia you'd have met twenty great big & deadly tiger snakes in there.
@@JackHudler You'd still have the Tiger snakes, just be able to see them earlier.
@@JackHudler That would just create mutant Tiger snakes bigger & fiercer than the standard version... with two heads. There's only a few things that are good for Tiger snakes, a well aimed blast from a 12 gauge shotgun with 7 shot, a sharp long handled shovel, big ol' Landcruiser wheels.
@@dustyfarmer Nuke it From Orbit.... The only way to be Sure.
@@JackHudler Works for me!
@@gichiguy007 Can't nuke it in New Zealand, they have banned nukla weapons from their lands.
Good for saving this old tractor. With a little more work you'll have it running like new again. I recently got an old Allis-Chalmers wide front WD out of the woods. I had to cut down 3 trees that had grown up through it. I, like you got it running again in place, drove it out of the woods and hauled it home. It's now running and driving as it did years ago.
THAT OIL DRAIN REMINDS ME OF A DUMP I ONCE HAD. MAN WAS I SICK
I feel ya man.. that was me not to long ago lol
It's oddly satisfying for me, though.
Lmao
Thank you. Really thanks a lot!
tractor poop. hahaha
the way your face lit up when she kicked over... gotta be such a rewarding feeling
on a side note I just want to say, I got 2 feet of snow today lol... wish I could be playing around in the woods even WITH the sticker bushes!
Its always nice to see folks saving machines like this and giving them another chance
They salvaged it
My dad inherited a 1941 farmall tractor from his dad in 1963. He had it until he was 90 years old and passed on to his brother who is now 76.. The toughest little tractor on the planet. Still starts still plowing gardens and pulling trees and everything else it did 55 years ago when i was a child and before. Thank you for taking me on a trip down memory lane!
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What model of Farmall is it?
That is a beautiful old machine. I am so thankful for efficient skilled visionaries preserving this precious small scale low tech infrastructure for the small operator.
Congratulations on your find, it's un believable how some people sometimes don't appreciate what they have. More power to you, I'm always attracted to vintage things, I'm confident you will turn your tractor into a great looking machine. Gracias for all the time in this video.
Today is a great day for a Marty vid
ANY day is a good day
Everyday Is A Great Day For A Marty T Video
Absolutely!!!
Must live in the Northeast US then
@@dannyv2335 I Live In South Louisiana
i recently bought a "vintage" massey 135 with a front end loader on it for my small 4 acre homestead. i was debating about getting a newer, smaller garden tractor.. i'm glad i went with the older, bigger 1968 tractor. it's just very satisfying to use around the property. if you've driven an old machine like this, you know what i'm talking about.
The only abandoned machinery I ever found was a kid's bike in the bushes, but you certainly have a knack for this!
I found half an old file on the road once
@@paulg3336 what was the file on
@@FOOKTH-camNUMBERS the ground
I looked down and it was right there by my foot
@@paulg3336 Was it CIA, or FBI or u frm UK MI16😁😁
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that thing is beautiful. That's the kind of tractor you'd find in an oil painting.
Your the best I lost your channel now i found it 2 years later yurt because you got me into tractors
I've been watching for years and I don't know how I missed this one ? Excellent !
"It's a shame for it to have been rusting away in the jungle when it could be rusting away at my place."
You are dang right.
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Well done Marty . those were built to last (unlike many machines of today all electronic and needs a computer to run ) .
What amazed me was how after sitting there for god knows how long you actually drove it out from the green grave it was headed for .
Not sure if the PTO on that model is 2 speed . I know the "DB Cropmaster " has .
Just a clean of that hydraulic filter and fresh oil and it will be good as new .
Awesome video and i enjoyed watching !
Loved the sounds of native birds recorded with this video .
David Brown never lets you down👍. Fantastic video.
I have been a nurse for over 30 years and by the grace of God saved a few lives. Truth be told , I have not always felt right about many of them as their state was a future of medical interventions. Now , saving a tractor ? I have felt pure joy in every single one of them ! I just purchased a $500 1966 David Brown 770 from a couple at church. Their grandfather passed away years ago. It was sitting in his field for 5 years. The old junker fired up after a few electric wires we twisted and fuel poured everywhere along with two batteries. The hydraulics don't work, the rear wheel wobbles, the other rim is rotted at the valve stem, every oil and filter needs a change. I was thinking of scrapping it. Then I started watching videos like yours and realized I am not the only guy out there that spends $5000 in the value of my time and another $1500 in parts and supplies to restore a $1500 tractor when it's all said and done. Are we fools ? Why do we do this ? I have done this at least 20 times ! Why I ask , Seriously why ???
Some people play golf obsessively.
Others restore old tractors to useful new lives.....
You caught that just in the nick of time.
Another 70 years and it might not ever start again.
You can't kill these things , we got the same thing , been 80 years since it last run , got it to run and move again yesterday !
Just been involved in a similar job. Helped a mate haul his Grandad’s Fordson from where it had been left in his woods. Poor old guy has dementia but in a lucid moment he told us about the tractor. It’s been there nearly fifty year in a UK woodland in Wales. It was like an Indiana Jones film finding it. Took down trees and had to use tirfors to pull it clear then towed it to the barn. After a week of evenings cleaning & draining etc we towed it around the yard and it fired. Doesn’t drive yet but we can start & run the engine. His Grandad’s face was a picture seeing the old tractor fire up and idle. He can’t remember yesterday but he was giving us top-tips about sorting the tractor! Maybe we’re repairing two old machines?
@@dewindoethdwl2798 that is the most wonderful thing to do
Fantastic find! Very impressed here in North Carolina!!
I love when a Marty vid pops up. The nicest guy in the world following his passion. When a tractor starts it is like a miracle has been performed.
i agree.
What a great rescue, you must have felt so good driving that out of the jungle ! Well done!
Holy Crap, Marty no easy way in!!? Right On Man, She wanted to be Saved!! I give you a Big ( A) for effort!! Dean Toronto
The Mustie 1 “Down Under” (no disrespect intended Marty! 😊But you are “down under” from Georgia, U.S.A. Love your homemade power plants. Recycling at its finest!
Your videos are excellent. As someone that isn't machinery savy it amazes me how you can fix all that stuff, on everything. How did you get all that knowledge? Was it growing up that way, your profession, a hobby you developed? Anyway, cheers from accross the pond.
I remember David Brown Tractors in Omstown, Quebec Canada. My family use to have a dairy Farm there. That find in the bush is a great find. Good on you Sir,.
Marty you're a legend for how you got to the tractor, you're a legend for the troubleshooting and video work, and you're a dead set legend for driving it out of there! Massive hat-tips to you from this admiring Aussie.
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Lovely work again.
The thing about this one is the quality of the paint-work on it even after so long in the open. Likewise with the external steel forgings. It must be fairly dry in that place you found it.
Great work tracing the sources of spark loss, especially running the distributor with the top off.
The hand of experience indeed.
I've got a massive amount of respect for all these salvaging vehicle channels from VGG to semi restoration channel (cant remember the name) and so many others I'm really glad that some of my generation and some younger in their 20s are bringing these old beast back to life and I thank you for that mad props man.
Two things amazed me there:
1. The carb was OK
2. The clutch wasn't stuck
Good stuff
New Zealand has no corn juice ethanol fuel.
Hot rodders and racers can get methanol fuel...and aircraft 100LL....
So all our carbs are perfectly preserved if no water has been able to trickle down into them....
Well done again. Such a simple fix and recovery yay. My dad had one of these, which I sold after both parents passed. We'd put new tires all round and it was in pretty good order. I never liked the clutch as it was pretty grabby. The guy from Queenstown who bought it was rapt ($2500).
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Sounds absolutely beautiful there. Like your idea of using a board to cross over brambles, I'll have to remember that one!
I've really enjoyed these videos as I can get anything running or diagnosed in a few minutes much like yourself. I picked a stihl ts350 petrol disc cutter from a scrap bin last Friday, its now running lovely and in my shed awaiting future use. Nothing really wrong with it either except the clutch springs were a bit weak. Its amazing what people throw away.
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It must be such a great feeling bringing these old machines back to life after sitting abandoned for so many years!
I so appreciate the bell bird's singing in the background. I so miss that about home.
SAME!
do you also find that the accent seems so much stronger when you hear a Kiwi speak and you haven't been in Aotearoa for a while?
Thanks Marty, nothing beats one of your videos to start the day :)
Amazing how you got that old tractor running. It was in such a nasty place to get to and work on. You are so talented.
Brilliant Marty, nothing beats you
It is not just a tractor, it is a very beautiful old masterpiece.
Nice little tractor. So worth saving. Thanks for sharing 😊
Apart from the engine starting getting the baby tractor out of the brambles was extremely satisfying.
Absolutely amazing. Great job getting it started and out of the field. Old iron is amazing how it can sit so long and still run. Well done.
The bird in the background makes this video so relaxing.
NZ Tui
That's no bird, that's R2D2
Reminds me of the movie Deliverance! LoL
Birdsong is similar to our thrush here in southeast USA. Beautiful.
I just found a old utility 300 international tractor tractor myself I love the old gasoline tractors fun to work on and drive
I smiled when she started and literally shed a tear when she moved out of that death hole. I know it's silly but I couldn't help but think she was saying " Glad that part's over, let go do some work".
It's not silly I shed a tear 2 and this is why the older tech is always better than new :) this old gal Wil outlive all the new ones😊
It takes a certain appreciation for this kind of machinery to shed tears over them. It isn't silly. I was so happy when she started and overjoyed when she moved under her own power. I haven't always been fond of machines, but after taking on a restoration of an old push-reel lawnmower (which too was covered in brush and rusted shut so nothing could move). Initially I thought the mower might be from the 60's, but by now it looks like it's from the 1930's so getting that renovated back up and running is gonna be absolutely bliss. I'm also recording the entire process because I want to share the beautiful journey of it. Rescued it from a metal waste bin as a challenge to myself
I just imagined her saying "Oh thank God, a human has come to rescue me!"
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My father's Allen Scythe would had gone through those brambles like a knife through butter.
Now i know how these Places out in the hills just seem to fill with old tractors and construction gear, you just fix it and pick it up. facinating.
WOW! I don't know if I could have gotten that running had it been sitting in my shop! Give me a whole new motivation to try such things under difficult circumstances! Nice job!
A family friend had a David Brown 880, and he was working away in the field, working it pretty hard. He was refuelling it and spilled some diesel down the side of it and over the exhaust manifold. He also had a durry in his gob, and as soon as the vapour hit the dart, it ignited and burned most of his moustache off, his eyebrows and his ginger fringe. He had what looked like a bad sunburn in the shape of a V starting where the durry was
I bet the reason it quit all those years ago was because it lost spark and this is where it sat ever since because the owner was to dumb to figure it out. The way that tractor pulled itself up out of that hole, it seemed like it was saying, "Get me the hell out of here!" I think that lonely tractor just wanted to get out of their.
Awesome job,,,thanks for sharing